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TIL that India is the only country that uses m.r.p.(Maximum Retail Price) system to fix a maximum price for products and commodities and a product cannot be sold for a price above its m.r.p.

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aw58M TIL the first Soviet citizen to visit the White House was a female WWII sniper with 309 confirmed kills, one of which was a sniper she dueled for 3 days.
rpOd TIL MMA fighter Matt Hamill noticed a car speeding down the wrong side of the highway and turned his car around, gave chase and safely forced the car to a grassy area. He then punched out a window to stop the car, potentially saving the child passenger and the inebriated mother’s lives.
rNW9W TIL Edward Dando once ate 300 oysters with a loaf and a half of bread and butter in one sitting
R7OKQ TIL Cleopatra married both her 12 year old brother and Julius Caesar because Egypt allowed polygamy.
gD7X TIL that because babies listen to the languages spoken around them while still in the womb, they develop distinctive cries that reflect this when they’re born. Thus - babies cry with an accent, making it possible to distinguish a French baby from a German baby, based purely on the way they cry.